Title :
Photonic interconnects for data centers
Author :
Tekin, Tolga ; Pleros, N. ; Apostolopoulos, D.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Reliability & Microintegration (Fraunhofer IZM), Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Power consumption and size appear as the main set of barriers in next-generation Data Center. PhoxTroT has been conceived to address optical interconnects at a holistic way among all hierarchy levels: chip-to-chip, board-to-board, rack-to-rack.
Keywords :
computer centres; integrated optoelectronics; optical interconnections; PhoxTroT; board-to-board level; chip-to-chip level; next-generation data center; photonic interconnects; power consumption; rack-to-rack level; Integrated optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical interconnections; Optical network units; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th1D.6
